What we see here is (or should be) darwinism in action. Companies that become balkanized, politicized and resistant to change are infficient, prone to catastro

What we see here is (or should be) darwinism in action. Companies that become balkanized, politicized and resistant to change are infficient, prone to catastrophes and easily disrupted by (hi HN!) the startup crowd. In the past I've had the misfortune to work for some lumbering corporates with all these pathologies and more. You tolerate the perpetual carcrash for the money but however good you are you can't change them & instead run yourself ragged trying to bring order to the chaos. Even if it can be fixed (& often I wonder if organisations can get too big to fix) it's the responsibility of the management and way above your pay-grade. If you can diagnose all these problems you're clearly a sound engineer. You can do so much better than losing your hair in some self-destructive megacorp that disempowers you from doing good work. Life is too short and IT staff are in demand: they don't deserve you so get out while you can. Chin up, and good luck.